hypotheticallyadv.
In a hypothetical manner or form; by or upon a hypothesis or supposition; conjecturally, supposedly; conditionally.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [adverb]
ex hypothesi1603
conditionately1626
hypothetically1628
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 298 How many wayes a Syllogisme is made Hypothetically.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 67 Thus have I..endeavoured to explicate (Hypothetically at least) the causes of the Phænomena.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 125 Both agree in this that God might Absolutely do it, and that Hypothetically he could not, i.e. supposing him to act Consistently with the Moral Perfections of his Nature.
1789 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 113 In my present want of information I must only speak hypothetically.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 266 Any Immediate Inference, also, may be stated hypothetically.
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